Archive for December 4th, 2010

Recent sports TV ratings news, including double-digit increases for Wednesday’s college basketball action on ESPN, numbers for NBA TV’s Wednesday doubleheader, and a decline for last week’s Bayou Classic on NBC. Wednesday’s Michigan State/Duke game [...]

Ratings again declined for the Michigan/Ohio State rivalry game, although viewership rose slightly. ABC drew a 4.0 final rating and 6.886 million viewers for Ohio State’s win over Michigan last Saturday. While the rating was [...]

The largest college football audience of the season tuned into Auburn’s comeback win over Alabama on Black Friday. CBS drew a 7.3 final rating and 12.520 million viewers for Auburn/Alabama on the day after Thanksgiving, [...]

Week 12 was a clean sweep for FOX, as all three of the network’s NFL games had increases in ratings and viewership. The first game of Sunday’s Week 12 doubleheader on FOX, featuring Packers/Falcons in [...]

After massive numbers on Thanksgiving, the NFL on CBS fell back to earth for Sunday’s Week 12 singleheader. CBS earned a 9.3 final rating and 15.420 million viewers for Sunday’s singleheader, down 6% in ratings [...]

CBS earned the fourth-largest NFL audience of the season for Patriots/Lions on Thanksgiving Day. The Patriots’ win over the Lions drew a 13.4 final rating and 27.753 million viewers on CBS Thanksgiving Day, up 21% [...]